Argumentative Analysis

The behavior of depression towards elderly is critical to cope with, and they need to know many ways of coping with depression. Some may not find it easy to allow other people to help them, because some may be incapable of taking care of their self as they aging. Many reasons why late adults are not eager to deal with the process of aging, and it could be due to physical condition that deteriorate the body until death or diseases. While some elderlies may see themselves as inefficient to their previous years, they may get easily discourage of what they use to do in their previous life. Many may have physical conditions or diseases that can be challenging to live with, so it’s hard to physically or mentally function. Because elderly believe

that their daily living is unbearable, some developed symptoms that lead to depression. There are many reasons why elderly have depression, and music therapy and art therapy are some of strategies to cope with depression.
Art Therapy and music therapy have similar ways that’s effective to reduce depression, and improve cognitive functions that will slow down the deterioration of the function of the brain.

As elderly become to age physical changes may weaken the ability to allow elders to functions, so it’s necessary to for them to stay productive that could help stimulate their movements to help maintain their body efficiently. In Korea the article explained how they conducted their research posttest and pretest for 94 candidates that are 65 and older. They conducted results of the study that both therapy’s for depression to be effective. But both of the therapies have different results that’s effective to different area in the body that helps those functions. In comparison for of both therapy they realize who both are effective to reduce depression. After the evaluation art therapy revealed that creating increase of positive ego, creating more of imagination, and getting touch of their unique personality. Music therapy help express emotion more openly, so they can be more comfortable of self-expression. Both therapies reduce the levels of depression, and help at least delaying cognitive

impairment.
Depression can be a common illness to any age group, and it can trigger from many ways of getting it. Depression is a way of feeling a sever sadness, and it can cause symptoms by knowing how sever is the depression. There’s different kinds of symptoms that’s lead to the illness such as: feeling unhappy for more than two weeks, lose interest of daily activity, low of energy, feeling unworthy, or thoughts of death. Depression could be challenging when it comes to completing a task in comparison to ones who don’t have severe depression, and the illness overbearing to deal with because it could slow down the function of cognitive thinking. It can be a burden to any individual of overcoming the illness with different coping strategies, and some medication or alternative like music therapy or art therapy can be effective to manage depression.
When it comes to late adults suffering major depression, it’s critical to monitor them on how they managing depression. Many elderly’s are at high risk of depression due to aging, and adapting to a new way of living. There some risk factor that can lead elderly’s becoming depress, and some of the reasons could be losing love ones or feeling lonely. One of the reasons why some elderly’s are lead to depression could be suffering from Alzheimer’s Diseases that’s known for cognitive impairment disorder, and dementia is within the same medical category but not as severe as Alzheimer. When late adult end up having this disease, they developed memory lost, lose their personality, wander off randomly, or developed aggression. Alzheimer’s Diseases lead to elderly’s to be incapable to care for themselves, and that’s why some end up in nursing home to be monitored. Showing signs towards Alzheimer’s Diseases is dementia, and it’s a symptom toward the disease.
The difference between depression and dementia is that one of them is treatable, and depression can be treated in many ways.

At this point dementia can only be treated to slow down the process like using medication, and other effective ways of slowing down the process is different types of therapy such as art therapy or music therapy. This kind of disorder known for in the geriatric field is called “pseudo dementia of depression”, and it’s due to major depression from elderly’s. The symptoms are similar towards elderly’s such as confusion, losing memory, or slowing down the functions of the brain, and which it’s also called “dementia syndrome of depression.” Patients who have this kind of symptom are aware of their memory lost when they have dementia, and they get sad how it’s difficult to deal with it while patients with Alzheimer’s are not aware. It’s critical to help elderly patients to continue to be productive to, so they could exercise and stimulate their cognitive

functions.
Lot of people may be familiar with Alzheimer’s disease or depression, and these of kind of symptoms is becoming more know frequently. Sometimes how late adults aged are seen as a normal process, but some things about aging shouldn’t be seen as a norm. Some mistakenly see these kinds of diseases as common process of aging, but should be a critical to consider when it comes Alzheimer’s diseases. There are many types of risk factor that’s lead to dementia depression, and still many researches and studies finding ways to treat them for the elderly’s. Not find ways to the symptoms, but have ways to change the mentality of a better way of living for elderly’s.
Music therapy and art therapy is effective, and best way to help stimulate the functions for your brain. It’s difficult enough that elderly’s have other risk factors as they age, and for some example osteoporosis, arthritis, or friends and loves one no longer around. Some seem to be overlooked as incapable to care for themselves, and some efficient and more aware of how well they take care themselves. Despite of how some diseases is not treatable such as Alzheimer’s’ disease, but at least there’s ways to slowing down the process. Know how to understand that difference between depression and dementia is critical, because it’s how similar their symptoms. Allowing the mentality that there always a solution to improve health, and should be consider regardless of age. The effects on therapy how it takes consistent progress to see their self, and shouldn’t dwell on how they these symptoms is a burden to their health. Help them realize that they are the reason why they bringing hope to living, so they deserve to be seen as important like anyone have.